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GoLorry is revolutionizing industrial freight transportation in India. Due to the highly fragmented supply chain players in the country, much of efficiency is lost due to high prevalence of middle-men connecting supply-side to businesses. Their start-up bridges the gap between manufacturers/warehouses and various supply chain constituents.

"We are excited to join TFG and it is exactly because of organizations like this and ecosystem around the valley that GoLorry management chooses to run our core operations from California" - Sanjay Mandava, GoLorry Founder.

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With our nation’s infrastructure falling apart, the Federal Highway Trust Fund going bankrupt and the excise gas tax having expired, carpool lanes are being converted to toll lanes that charge drivers a toll based on the number of people in a vehicle. The Vehicle Occupancy Detection Corp invented the only technology that can count people in moving vehicles through automotive glass at freeway speeds and differentiates humans from pets, dummies and photos in all types of weather without the use of visible light – the critical component of the new toll lane technologies.

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DeviceFarm is building a medical device to cure fungal nail infections. 10% of the world’s population is infected and current treatments can be unsafe or simply don’t work. Our device will allow a doctor to fumigate the nail with gas, because gas can penetrate the nail and kill the fungus where all other treatments cannot reach. It will be safe, effective, and convenient for both patients and doctors.

"Startups are constantly resource limited and no one person has all the skills needed to run a small technology business. Tech Futures Group allows us to leverage their advisors to get up to speed quickly in critical business areas." - Jeffrey Roe

Lendsnap, founded by Orion Parrot, modernizes and streamlines financial transactions. Lendsnap serves mortgage lenders to help them close more loans without adding staff while dramatically improving their borrower experience. Select mortgage lenders have begun testing the Lendsnap Beta service that links consumer accounts to save borrowers 4-8 hours of paperwork and reduce loan officer effort by 25%. Lendsnap is creating The Modern Mortgage and is now a UC Berkeley SkyDeck company raising a first seed funding.

Orion completed his MBA at UC Berkeley in December 2014. Passionate about process efficiency, he previously oversaw manufacturing of airborne radar amplifiers for US military customers. He earned a Masters of Electrical Engineering wherein he concentrated in artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and data processing.

Cyant has developed an innovative software platform that creates a 3D model from simple 2D writing or art. The Cyant platform sends its 3D model file to any 3D printer for subsequent printing. Barbara Hanna, Cyant’s founding CEO, is currently using her technology to foster creativity, learning, and engagement. Her technology is already enabling art-meets-tech and STEAM activities for young children. With the Cyant platform, children of both genders and with different learning abilities can easily feel drawn to and intuitively absorb lessons in the area of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).

"We are thrilled to become a Tech Futures Group client, and look forward to working with Gerry Barañano, our EIR.” said Dr. Hanna. “Having experienced advisors help with strategic business and marketing issues will be invaluable for Cyant to grow in the education market and other markets where we believe our platform could be used. ” said Dr. Hanna.